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@iyer_prashanth

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Co-host of @expectedbywhom with @seanshapiro , produced by @wingedwheelpod | Formerly of @theathleticdet , @wingingitmotown | Bourbon enthusiast

Chapel Hill, NC
Joined December 2011
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My 16-month-old nephew is awaiting a heart transplant after suddenly falling ill and subsequently being diagnosed with a rare cardiovascular condition called Dilated Cardiomyopathy that affects 1 in 100,000 kids.
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Sporting leagues trying to figure out why they’re all of a sudden dealing with betting problems amongst their athletes
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When do we get the "Connor McDavid is a coach killer articles" that were written about Alex Ovechkin 10 years ago?
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2 years
I am hearing nothing because Steve Yzerman doesn’t share shit
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3 months
It should be noted that no one handles the big moments better than Ken and Mick. The silence during the video tribute for Kane and then the call on Kane's game winner. Absolutely unbelievable broadcast team
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3 months
SHOWTIME! 🎬 PATRICK KANE OVERTIME WINNER IN CHICAGO. 🚨 LIKE IT WAS SCRIPTED. #LGRW
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3 years
Lucas Raymond has the first 4 point game for a Red Wings rookie since some dudes named Nicklas Lidstrom and Sergei Fedorov in 1991
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1 year
i absolutely have to know who the person Gary Bettman is consulting on digital ad boards, the NHL playoff format, and fanatics apparel. This is just a bit too on the nose
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3 years
There needs to be a collective effort from the NHL media to keep the pressure up on the league, not just Westhead and Strang. The NHL is in a grade-A shitstorm and this shouldn’t be allowed to just die down
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2 years
Alex Ovechkin is 36 years old and is somehow is off to the best scoring start of his career. Russian Machine clearly never breaks
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3 years
Even though the games aren't going great now, the future is bright
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3 years
We really gonna ignore Ovechkin scoring 65 in 82 and Stamkos scoring 60 in 82 in favor of someone scoring like this in a 56 game season? Hell, Ovechkin scored at a 0.73 goals per game pace /between/ 2007-2010
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2 years
Auston Matthews is the first player to record 46 goals in a 47-game span within a single season since Mario Lemieux in 1995-1996
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1 year
Due to many people requesting that we do our job, we have decided that we will not do our job
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1 year
Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled.
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I gotta say..I can’t remember a game where the broadcast has brought on the rules analyst who says the refs on the field got it wrong 3 separate times all impacting the same team
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6 months
My two cents on the Kane signing: 1. To start, I'm wary of anyone from the 2010 Hawks team that should have spoken up re: Kyle Beach + current John Doe/Brad Aldrich, particularly a leader on that team when it's been stated by multiple players that everyone knew
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2 years
Breaking: the Red Wings have been linked to all free agents and no free agents because Steve Yzerman won’t tell me if the cat is alive or not
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3 months
The Red Wings went 9-2-2 in January, earning 20 points. This is the first time they’ve recorded 20 points in a month since January 2012
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3 years
4 hours of sleep in the last 36 hours but it’s all worth it
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3 years
Love to focus on how McDavid needs to get better instead of how the front office needs to surround McDavid with a Fedorov, Lidstrom, Murphy, Coffey, Konstantinov, Hull, Robitaille, Shanahan, Datsyuk, Hasek, and Chelios
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NHL Watcher
3 years
McGuire and the morning show guys on TSN1200 in Ottawa talking about perhaps it's time for the Oilers brass to have the "Scotty Bowman/Steve Yzerman" talk with McDavid, sacrificing some offence to play a more complete 200-ft game. #LetsGoOilers
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Yea the Wings have a superstar on their hands in Raymond
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2 years
I will not share stupid articles but I will say that people should really stop writing stupid articles about women's hockey
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3 years
It's been 464 days since a goaltender other than Jonathan Bernier won a game for the Detroit Red Wings and I'm honestly afraid that it may never happen again
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@ NHL are you watching? Give Detroit an All-Star weekend and/or draft
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Detroit showed out tonight. #NFLDraft
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Somebody give Lucas the key to the city, and 8 x $8.5 million contract, and whatever the hell else he wants this summer
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16 days
This is for the draft. Imagine a championship parade
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Detroit Lions
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This is what dreams are made of #NFLDraft
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I don’t need smelling salts just show me Ken Daniels call of that Lucas Raymond OT winner
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Pete Blackburn
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What a fucking SCENE
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Top-5 goal scorers since March 12th: 1. Steven Stamkos: 16 goals (16 GP) T-2. Auston Matthews: 15 goals (16 GP) T-2. Filip Forsberg: 15 goals (16 GP) T-4. Lucas Raymond: 14 goals (17 GP) T-4 Artemi Panarin: 14 goals (18 GP)
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2 years
I'm disappointed in the direction The Athletic has taken with their hockey coverage. After starting out with intentions of being diverse in being and thought, there is one woman covering the beat of an NHL team.
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1 year
the vibes are immaculate folks
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
Since October 29th, 2019 the Red Wings are 0-26-4 in games where the goaltender of record was not Jonathan Bernier
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Prashanth Iyer
2 months
The Red Wings playoff push this month
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2 years
The Leafs have now lost 10 consecutive games with the opportunity to close out a series
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Lucas Raymond is becoming a superstar
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1 year
This may be an unpopular opinion but I love this. “Be professional” too often means “be a robot” but I love the display of passion in a harmless back-and-forth. It’s sports, let’s not take ourselves too seriously here
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Kyle Dubas was chirping back at Bolts fans during Game 3 in Tampa 😂 📽: @thekirkentobers
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1 year
Unpopular hockey opinion time: Hasek is the greatest hockey player of all time
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Detroit Red Wings
1 year
HBD to The Dominator! 🎉
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yes the detroit red wings are in fact a wagon
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1 year
The wife knocks the Valentine’s Day gift out of the park as always
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The talent of the content creators in this community is unbelievable If you aren’t ready to run through a wall after watching this…
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Without Me (Red Wings Remix) #LGRW created by me
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4 years
This is seriously peak 2019-2020 Red Wings
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
Most saves by a Red Wings netminder in a shutout 1. Terry Sawchuk - 50 (11/14/1959) 2. Alex Nedeljkovic - 46 (4/14/2022) 3. Glenn Hall - 44 - (3/1/1956) 4. Alex Nedeljkovic - 43 (3/17/2022) 5. Petr Mrazek - 42 (2/4/2017)
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5 months
All the love to the Larkin family. My heart breaks for them
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1 year
Unpopular statement time from me: - Steve Yzerman is not infallible as a GM - It is ok to critically discuss his moves - We don’t have to do mental gymnastics to explain how he’s playing 4D chess with some moves that don’t initially make sense
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
Real talk though - if you’re the leafs you run it back. There’s nothing that needs to be changed with respect to the core
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
dang the NHL conducted a more thorough investigation of Tkachuk's hand than they did of the Blackhawks
@frank_seravalli
Frank Seravalli
2 years
. @NHLPlayerSafety : Lemieux argued Tkachuk’s hand was punctured from punching Lemieux in the tooth. Video evidence, postgame inspection and medical info from #Sens training staff was included in analysis. Ruling was on first bite. Not conclusive on injury to Tkachuk’s right hand
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2 months
Alex DeBrincat has scored 4 goals at 5v5 in his last 48 games
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I wanted to share an update that my nephew was successfully transplanted yesterday. He now begins his post-transplant recovery with the hopes of being able to leave the hospital in a couple of weeks. Thank you to everyone for your donations, words of support, kindness, and love.
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My 16-month-old nephew is awaiting a heart transplant after suddenly falling ill and subsequently being diagnosed with a rare cardiovascular condition called Dilated Cardiomyopathy that affects 1 in 100,000 kids.
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2 years
Not gonna lie that was probably the Red Wings most complete game of the season against arguably the best team in the league
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2 years
Not that I think Yzerman would do it but these are the kinds of games where coaches lose their jobs 2 days rest, at home, against the worst team in the league, Vrána’s back, ARI’s 3rd leading scorer leaves after a shift…andddd you’re down a touchdown
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Moritz Seider is already Detroit’s best defenseman
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Prashanth Iyer
8 months
I’m not sure there’s a more universally disliked person in hockey than Mike Babcock with the sheer volume of folks that chimed in with their disdain for him. Hopefully this is the last time we have to talk about him in hockey
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
It's only day 2 of 14 days of hockey insanity!
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Highest SV% in a conference final since the NHL went to a 16-team playoff (1979-80), min 4 GP 1. Giguere (2003): .992 2. Rask (2013): .985 3. Bobrovsky* (2023): .971 4. Irbe (2002): .962 5. Rask (2019): .956
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Dylan Larkin was told by Steve Yzerman that he would get $1 million AAV for every All-Star point he recorded and he took that personally
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
Jamie Benn couldn’t finish
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Sportsnet
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As far as shots go… You couldn’t have asked for a better look. 😬
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1 year
this is still funny to me
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Prashanth Iyer
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Also appreciate everyone sharing their words of support for my work. Had a crisis in faith earlier in the year when I wasn’t sure I wanted to keep creating content with what felt like overwhelming negativity at times but yall made it worthwhile. Will try to keep it going
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2 years
i would like the national media to give more attention to the season Dylan Larkin is having thank you
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Prashanth Iyer
1 year
Dylan Larkin has played at the level of a top-10 center for the last 1.5 seasons.
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
I think the Wings are entering the most dangerous part of their rebuild. Jump too early and you risk getting stuck in mediocrity. Wait too long and you risk wasting the primes of your best players. I think this is the phase that’s most difficult for NHL GMs to manage
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2 years
thank god Torts never got to coach Pavel Datsyuk
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Moritz Seider was unbelievable tonight
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
Steve Yzerman wins and therefore the Red Wings are awarded the 2022 1st overall pick sorry I don’t make the rules
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
Put that Larkin defensive play in the hall of fame right now
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
Mo Seider is an international treasure
@DetroitRedWings
Detroit Red Wings
2 years
Happy Opening Day, Detroit! 🌭🍿 @tigers x #LGRW
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the red wings are a wagon
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That’s the kind of win that can resurrect a season
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
this team is the literal embodiment of "Detroit vs Everyone" and I love it
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
the only pick that will be announced at 8 PM is the Red Wings pick at this rate because Yzerman will destroy anyone who leaks the pick
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
Watching Lucas Raymond...I think his playmaking is the key to unlocking Dylan Larkin's scoring potential. I think not only does he need to make the opening night roster, I think he's got to be stapled to Larkin's wing
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2 years
and for the 4th time in their last 6 best-of-7 series, the Leafs take a 2-1 series lead
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With 6 wks to go, the Wings had a ~75% chance to make the playoffs and couldnt hang on w/ Larkin’s injury and a late-season collapse Still, you’ll take a 91 pt year w/ a meaningful game 82 Now the real challenge of improving this team when Raymond/Seider are no longer on ELC’s
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
The seasons done and honestly my biggest takeaway is I did not realize how good Jakub Vrána is
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3 years
Somebody sign Evgeny Svechnikov. There's talent there still
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Prashanth Iyer
3 months
Add another W and it's looking like the Wings will need ~20 points from their final 24 games (0.416 points percentage) to make the playoffs If folks want, I will update this chart the day after each Wings' game
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With 25 games to go, the @DetroitRedWings are on pace to be 8 points ahead of the current playoff cutoff point pace
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Prashanth Iyer
4 years
I don’t remember the context before this shot but man it’s tough to see how much this season is weighing on Larkin
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Linda
4 years
This is the only thing that worries me about this season. I don't want it to break these boys. 😫 💔 #LGRW
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2 years
Just got off the phone with a former player of Lalonde's...couldn't say enough good things about Lalonde as a person and a motivator so it certainly seems like he will be a tremendous fit in Detroit
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Prashanth Iyer
7 months
The league's #1 power play converts again...unreal efficiency from the Wings right now
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
There are so many incredible stats in a given season but I have to think that this is the most spectacular of the early season: Red Wings 5v5 GF/60: 1.81 Red Wings 5v4 GF/60: 1.80
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Life goal ✅
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2 years
Since entering the league in 2016-2017, Jakub Vrána ranks 2nd in 5v5 goals per 60 (minimum 2000 mins played or ~2 seasons) 1. Auston Matthews - 1.64 2. Jakub Vrána - 1.24 3. Alex Ovechkin - 1.24 4. David Pastrňák - 1.18 5. Andrew Mangiapane - 1.18
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2 years
man i can't wait for red wings playoff hockey to come back
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@iyer_prashanth can you do hronek with and without the handle bars?
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2 years
With his 20th goal of the season, Lucas Raymond becomes the 4th Red Wings rookie to hit 20 goals since 1990 1. Sergei Fedorov 31 2. Dylan Larkin 23 3. Henrik Zetterberg 22 4. Lucas Raymond 20*
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Prashanth Iyer
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It’s important to meet individuals battling substance use disorder with compassion, support, and helpful resources as opposed to demanding punitive measures. Support the work the @JDanielsFund is doing to reduce the stigma
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Andy & Rono
3 months
Yes. We absolutely do not agree with such behavior in a professional athlete who, likely, is an idol for many children. Totally unacceptable. We know he's not the only one doing this. But share it on social media? He should be punished accordingly.
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please stop retweeting the "nhl warns players following Griddy celebration" it's a literal nonstory based on Elliotte Friedman saying following the Morgan Rielly crosscheck, he'd expect the NHL to warn both teams not to "retaliate" for Walman hitting the Griddy
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Prashanth Iyer
4 years
By request, I pulled all the game logs from 1979 on (first year game logs were available) from @hockey_ref and compared Alex Ovechkin's era-adjusted goal scoring rate to the other top era-adjusted scorers. He's very much in a league of his own.
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Prashanth Iyer
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I strongly disagree with Bertuzzi's life choice to decline the COVID-19 vaccine. If there are others out there who are still contemplating the vaccine and are interested in an open discussion, my DM's are always open
@HeleneStJames
Helene St. James
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Red Wings F Tyler Bertuzzi called it a "life choice" to refuse COVID-19 vaccine. Said he knows it means he can't play in Canada (9 games) but reiterated it's personal choice.
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In his last 7 games, Sergei Bobrovsky has saved 18.45 goals above expected per @EvolvingHockey 's xG model.
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
Yea I don’t have any words as we see a third sexual assault case emerge in just the past 7 days in hockey. Just tear the whole damn thing down at this point
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jordan binnington is the neighborhood kid that delivers cheap shots and runs his mouth only in scenarios where he knows retaliation can't happen
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Prashanth Iyer
1 year
In the last 30 years, the only Red Wings' rookie forwards to record more points than Jonatan Berggren through their first 27 games: Lucas Raymond Dylan Larkin Dallas Drake The kid is good
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
The Red Wings have recorded a point in each of their first 5 games for the first time since 2011-2012
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Prashanth Iyer
3 years
It’s been only 8 games but I think Blashill has earned some deserved praise here. Not much was expected of the Wings after learning of Vràna’s injury but he’s got this team playing fast, playing tough, and he’s put his 2 skilled rookies in excellent positions to succeed
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Prashanth Iyer
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The top two individual performances* by a player this season are owned by Alex DeBrincat *as measured by @domluszczyszyn 's Game Score and available on @hockeystatcards
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Prashanth Iyer
4 years
Let's try again one more time (with a lot less love for Kovalchuk as i stop counting his 2010-2011 season 3 times) and look at Ovechkin's goal scoring rate relative to his contemporaries. The man is just unreal
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
gimme a line of Witkowski-Smith-Smith just for one game
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Prashanth Iyer
2 years
i will have the ryan getzlaf/HHOF discussion after we finish it for daniel alfredsson, the sedins, henrik zetterberg, and pavel datsyuk
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Prashanth Iyer
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"Jake Walman skates the puck out of the defensive zone with control" Me - "here's your 8-year contract extension"
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